RONDELL
V.
WORSLEY

(1967) JELR 80365 (HL)    
House of Lords  ·  HL/PO/JU/4/3/1157 ·  22 Nov 1967 ·  United Kingdom
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(1969] AC 191,[1967] 3 WLR 1666,[1967] UKHL 5
CORAM
Lord Reid Lord Morris ofBorth-y-Gest LordPearce LordUpjohn LordPearson Lord Reid
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lord denman c.j.
lord hardwicke l.c.
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LORD REID(reading the leading judgment) My Lords,In 1959 the Appellant was charged at the Central Criminal Court with causing grievous bodily harm to one Manning. He was not given legal aid but after the case had proceeded for some time he was informedthat he could have a "dock brief". He chose the Respondent to be hiscounsel and. in accordance with his duty as a barrister, the Respondent agreed to act for him. During an adjournment he gave to the Respondent his account of the affair. The Respondent then cross-examined the Crownwitnesses and called the Appellant and another witness. The Appellantwas convicted and it is plain that he had no real defence. But he was muchaggrieved by evidence that he had used a knife; he wanted to establish thathe had inflicted Manning's injuries with his hands alone, or by biting, andapparently the Respondent did not ask all the questions or lead all theevidence he had suggested.

In February 1965 the Appellant raised the present action. His originalstate…

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